[Current variants of streptococcal lung damage].

78 autopsy cases of pneumonia provoked by different groups of hemolytic streptococcus are studied. These cases comprise 14.1% among bacterial pneumonia children who died because of inadequate antibacterial treatment. Some variants of streptococcal pneumonia corresponded to those found before the World War II, though the most grave necrotic forms are found seldom. Severe pleurisy as a complication of pneumonia was found in 35.9% of cases, having a character of pleural empyema (23.1%). In 5 children empyema developed without pneumonia, as a result of streptococcal spread from the mediastinum or by lymphogenic pathway.